1.To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. "(They) subscribed their names under them."
2.To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond. "All the bishops subscribed the sentence."
3.To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
4.To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
5.To sign away; to yield; to surrender. (Obs.)
6.To declare over one's signature; to publish. (Obs.) "Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward."
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